Follicular thyroid cancer epidemiology and demographics

The incidence of follicular thyroid cancer is estimated to be 0.82 per 100,000 individuals. Females are more commonly affected than males. The female to male ratio is approximately 3 to 1. The incidence of follicular thyroid cancer increases with age; the median age at diagnosis is 45 to 50 years.

• The incidence of follicular thyroid cancer in the USA is 0.82 per 100,000 person-years.
• The incidence of follicular thyroid cancer is 1.06 per 100,000 woman-years.
• The incidence of follicular thyroid cancer is 0.59 per 100,000 man-years.^[1]
• The American Cancer Society estimates:
  • Approximately 52,070 new cases of thyroid cancer in the US in the year 2019 with 73% and 27% of these cases in the female and male population, respectively.^[2]

• 9 of every 100 people with thyroid cancer have follicular thyroid cancer.^[3]

• Mortality rate of follicular thyroid cancer ranges from 5% to 15%.
• The American Cancer Society estimates:
  • Approximately 2170 deaths from thyroid cancer in the US in the year 2019 with 53% of these deaths involving women and 47% involving men.^[4]

• The median age at which follicular thyroid cancer is diagnosed is 45 to 50 years.

• Follicular thyroid cancer is 3 times more common in female than in males.^[5]